Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2779

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2779

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c9.2779

SURĀDEVĪ (VĀRUṆĪ). A daughter of Varuṇa born of Devī, his brother's wife. She was the apple of the eye to the Devas. She is the presiding Devatā over liquor She lives in the court of Brahmā worshipping him. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 11, Verse 42; Ādi Parva, Chapter 18, Verse 35 and Chapter 66, Verse 52).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit